Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, heifers steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $125.90/cwt on 94 head.

Average price

$125.90

94 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$9.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.65

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	128.75	692	66
Medium and Large 2	474	119.16	565	28

One grade step is worth $9.59/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale94 hd

125.90

—

FL average9 barns · 923 hd

126.55

−0.65

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,548	81.08	1,255	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,161	50.18	583	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,780	50.00	890	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	42.80	423	27

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	108.45/cwt	106.00–110.00	573	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	127.74/cwt	125.00–129.00	547	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	117.90/cwt	112.00–120.00	564	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	103.84/cwt	102.00–105.00	600	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	108.40/cwt	105.00–110.00	520	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	436	112.14/cwt	107.00–115.00	489	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	113.69/cwt	109.00–118.00	481	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	109.75/cwt	105.00–112.00	524	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	104.58/cwt	101.00–108.00	599	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	118.07/cwt	116.00–120.00	440	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	106.58/cwt	104.00–110.00	557	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	573	115.11/cwt	110.00–120.00	660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	528	116.58/cwt	113.00–120.00	616	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	101.72/cwt	100.00–105.00	532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	100.18/cwt	95.00–105.00	426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	97.59/cwt	95.00–100.00	462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	109.08/cwt	106.00–111.00	409	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	144.91/cwt	140.00–150.00	622	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	116.61/cwt	113.00–120.00	729	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	138.56/cwt	133.00–143.00	660	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	126.58/cwt	124.00–129.00	732	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	126.57/cwt	124.00–129.00	664	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	108.65/cwt	105.00–111.00	621	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	111.55/cwt	110.00–113.00	583	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	132.97/cwt	130.00–135.00	492	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	119.31/cwt	116.00–124.00	560	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	985.27/cwt	950.00–1,050.00	9,587	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,003	98.50/cwt	95.00–110.00	988	4
Bulls	—	—	1,548	81.08/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,255	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	50.18/cwt	47.00–54.00	583	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,780	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	890	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	42.80/cwt	38.00–47.00	423	27

How this sale compares

Florida weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

Mon Sep 16, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 517Last week 598Year ago 425

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 86Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 76Last week 30Year ago 79

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, heifers steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	528	106.00–110.00	108.45
6	—	428	125.00–129.00	127.74
11	—	478	112.00–120.00	117.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	102.00–105.00	103.84
6	—	480	105.00–110.00	108.40
9	—	436	107.00–115.00	112.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	109.00–118.00	113.69
6	—	477	105.00–112.00	109.75
6	—	573	101.00–108.00	104.58
8	—	373	116.00–120.00	118.07
12	—	523	104.00–110.00	106.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	110.00–120.00	115.11
6	—	528	113.00–120.00	116.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	100.00–105.00	101.72
4	—	425	95.00–105.00	100.18
4	—	473	95.00–100.00	97.59
5	—	375	106.00–111.00	109.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	140.00–150.00	144.91
8	—	625	113.00–120.00	116.61
11	—	476	133.00–143.00	138.56
20	—	578	124.00–129.00	126.58
22	—	525	124.00–129.00	126.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	572	105.00–111.00	108.65
6	—	523	110.00–113.00	111.55
7	—	370	130.00–135.00	132.97
10	—	469	116.00–124.00	119.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	973	950.00–1,050.00	985.27
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,003	95.00–110.00	98.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,548	77.00–84.00	81.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,161	47.00–54.00	50.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,780	50.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	989	38.00–47.00	42.80

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle